Gearing up for Alaska

Azalea-pink rain jacket. Check.

Water-resistant hiking boots with as much style as they could muster and as few pounds as they could bear. Check.

Water-resistant pants. Yes, I have those, too.

And a new battery for the camera. An extra chip or two.

I'm gearing up for Alaska. The National Geographic Cruise. I want to see those blue icebergs before they melt into the sea. Those bears (but at a distance). The humped backs of those whales.

And so, later this summer, I will.

Nose to the grindstone between now and then.